TOUGH TO TREAT
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Latest Episodes
Shoulder Stiffness – When the Tissue is the Driver!
Shoulder pain, stiffness, and lack of functional mobility are uncommon in clients with post-breast cancer. Join us as...
Manual Therapy Or Not? Hands Off Or Hands On? Or Both?
When do you make the clinical decision to put your hands on your patient or take them off? We are changing brain maps...
Grow Your Clinical Expertise By Learning How To Treat The Complex Patient (Part 2)
Join Susan and Erica while they present case studies to highlight clinical reasoning. This is part 2 of a 2-part series...
Grow Your Clinical Expertise By Learning How To Treat The Complex Patient (Part 1)
In this 2 part episode, Susan and Erica discuss what it takes to become a clinical expert, and how that translates into...
Breath and the Chest Wall
Let's talk about breathing patterns. Somewhere along the line, chest movement with diaphragm movement became unpopular. Was...
Foot and Hip Pain? Why You Treat The Thorax
Your patient has a dysfunctional thorax and it's driving their symptoms, wherever they are. How can you clinically reason...
Meet The Hosts
Meet Erica
I solved unique financial puzzles on Wall Street for a decade. Now I utilize those same strengths to help rid my patients of pain so that they can live their lives on their own terms.
The greatest victories in my physical therapy career are realized when I apply my natural problem-solving skills, honed even further on Wall Street, to help alleviate my patients’ pain; … pain that in many cases no one else has been able to resolve.
I work with my patients to uncover the true source of their pain, and together we work towards them becoming pain-free.
I’m so fortunate to have found my true calling and to be able to help people in the most important area of their lives – their health!
Meet Susan
Susan is a certified and award-winning physical therapist in professional achievement, health and wellness coach, and owner of LTI Physio (Learn, Think, Innovate) in Sault Sainte Marie, MI. She is an international instructor of post-professional education in women’s health (including pelvic health issues in women), orthopedic manual therapy, and positive intelligence coaching for Healthcare providers and business psychology. She is faculty at Andrews University, a Master Coach for the Integrative Women’s Health Institute, and faculty for North American Institute of Orthopedic Manual Therapy and ASPIRE OMT
In addition to co-hosting Tough to Treat, Susan also co-hosts “The Genius Project,” reframing the treatment of persistent musculoskeletal pain. She is the co-founder and board member for the foundation: Global Women’s Health Initiative and a reviewer and advisory board member for the Journal of Women’s Health Physical Therapy. She also has recently launched her Pelvic Health Education Subscription aimed at helping clinicians become more proficient and confident in treating pelvic health conditions.
When she isn’t advocating for women’s health and mentoring other clinicians, Susan enjoys walking/hiking, country line dance, and ballroom dancing, a supporter of music, the arts, and international objectives for women’s health.